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Attempt by the House of Representatives to remove the 13 per cent oil derivation formula being enjoyed by oil-producing states, especially in the South-South geopolitical zone has generated uproar. The bill seeking to remove the constitutional provision is sponsored by 59 members of the House from the Northern states, including the leader of the Northern Caucus, Musa Sarkin-Adar. Angered by the plot, the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has convoked an emergency “general assembly” of the South South governors and other stakeholders for Monday to deliberate on the thorny issue. Our correspondent observed that the bill currently awaiting second reading…

President Muhammadu Buhari is ranked 16th among the 500 most influential Muslims in 2021, according to his personal assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad. According to him, Buhari is the 16th person on the list of Muslims who have the power to fight in the world. Those who also make the list in Nigeria, according to Bashir, are billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote, Sultan of Sokoto and others. ”President Muhammadu Buhari is the 16th most influential Muslim in the world. ”In Nigeria, Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, HRH Aminu Ado Bayero, Sheikh Ibrahim Saleh, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, Sheikh Yakubu Musa Katsina,…

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has given the Federal government a November 4 deadline to release its leader, Nnamdi Kanu or risk a week-long lockdown in the entire Biafra land. The ultimatum was given in a statement by Media and Publicity Secretary for IPOB, Emma Powerful following the adjournment of Kanu’s court case to November 10th by the Federal High Court in Abuja. The move, according to him, is to achieve a better purpose in the collective interest of Biafrans. It reads, “Following the adjournment of our great leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s court case to 10th of November 2021,…

Since the intimate video of Tiwa Savage and her lover surfaced on the internet days ago, the Nigerian musical diva and celebrity has fought the battle of her life to regain her reputation. Shortly after the leaked tape, such celebrities as Actress Sonia Ogiri, Chioma Ifemeludike, Deji Adeyanju criticised her and told her to face what she did. In a move to support the sonorous singer in her dark times, some Nigerian celebrities posted messages on their social media pages with hashtags like ‘A Queen I stan,’ ‘I stand with Tiwa.’ Nollywood Actor Yul Edochie, through his social media handle,…

Two Nigerian Senators and a former Minister Saturday convoked after bagging Law degrees from Baze University, Abuja, the nation’s capital. Senator Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah, Senator Dino Melaye, and Osita Chidoka are the notable personalities who bagged LL.B. Ubah is Anambra South Senatorial District of Anambra State and is the All Progressives Congress governorship for Anambra State; Senator Melaye once represented Kogi West in the National Assembly while Chidoka was the Aviation Minister during ex-President Goodluck Jonathan era. In his Facebook timeline, Chidoka penned ”Yes, I have graduated with an LLB Second Class Upper from Baze University. Tough journey. Imagine…

As Mason Mount netted his first Chelsea hat-trick, the current Premier league leaders ran riot Saturday and mauled a 10-man Norwich in a 7-0 romp. The England midfielder had not scored for club or country at all this season before Saturday, but helped himself to a maiden senior treble at Stamford Bridge as Thomas Tuchel’s dominant side went four points clear at the summit in the early weekend kick-off. Callum Hudson-Odoi also netted for the first time in 2021/22 with Chelsea not lacking goals in the absence of injured strikers Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner, while Ben Chilwell continued his…

A 19-year-old girl accused of blackmailing a former Permanent Secretary of the Bayelsa State Ministry of Education, Dr. Walton Liverpool, with a s3x tape has been rearraigned in Federal High Court, Bayelsa. The girl is being rearraigned by the Department of State Services in the Federal High Court in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital. The girl was accused of engaging in cyber stalking with an intention of blackmail which is contrary to section 24(2)c and punishable under sub-paragraph (b) of the cybercrime (prohibition, prevention etc) Act, 2015. Recall that in the one-count charge filed against the defendant by the DSS in suit…

Against the background of allegations of misappropriation of funds and abuse of office leveled against him by councillors, the Mkpat Enin Local Government Chairman, Mr. Aniekpon E. Ekpo is in for a difficult time. Already, 10 out of 15 councillors of Mkpat Enin Legislative Council have penned their signatories in a petition for investigation and tendered balls of evidence on the allegations to sack the Council’s Chairman, Ekpo from office. The petitioners presented the evidence before the House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs headed by Rt. Hon. Mark Esset during a hearing on the matter Friday. Recall that…

More than 27 youths have reportedly lost their lives in a petrol pipeline explosion in Rumuekpe community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Thursday, as a result of oil bunkering activities carried out by youths, who siphoned petroleum products from many of the pipelines located on the stretch of the adjourning villages within the community. A resident of the community, Mr Chikwem Godwin alleged that more than 20 persons may have died in the incident. Godwin said “I can confirm to you that more than 20 persons died in that…

Seventeen persons in Nigeria’s Borno State were Wednesday sentenced to six years jail term each to run concurrently for cultism and conspiracy in the state. The convicts, mostly students of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) and Ramat Polytechnic, were arrested by the police on September 21, 2019 at Bagani Hotel for being members of an unlawful society, the Black Axe. They include Arnold Augustine, Onu Chidubem, David Emmanuel, Awuto Abayomi, Mustapha Abdulkadir, Lavi Ephraim and Onuegbu Godspower Chibuzor. Others are Mohammed Adamu, Calvin Ijafiya, Chris Kallu, Totsi Yohanna, Samuel Talba, Donald Omguze and Joseph Olaiya. In his judgment, Justice Umar…